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Considered one of the most influential books
of the 19*^ century, The Stones of Venice is a
three-volume treatise on Venetian art and
architecture by English art historian John
Ruskin, published from 1851 to 1853.
Intending to prove how the architecture in
Venice exemplified the principles he

discussed in his earlier work, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, Ruskin
examined the city in detail. He discusses architecture of Venice's Byzantine,
Gothic and Renaissance periods, and provides a general history of the city
as well. The book aroused considerable interest in Britain and beyond. The
chapter "The Nature of Gothic" (from volume 2) was admired by William
Morris, who published it separately in an edition which is in itself an example
of Gothic revival. It inspired Marcel Proust - the narrator of the Recherche
visits Venice with his mother in a state of enthusiasm for Ruskin. (Wikipedia)

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